I thought is was a welcome change to the vloggers who go completely over the top with Christmas. The lad is only two and seems a happy little soul. His excitement over the advent calendar and singing in his nursery Christmas concert was more than enough for a two IMO.
Agreed. When I was younger, parents didn’t do all the bending over backwards that parents do now.
Christmas was Christmas, the hype was through movies, school nativity, arts and crafts at school - MAYBE a visit to Santa’s grotto if we were in a shopping centre, or at the school fayre (not every year)
Pisses me off so much how kids now have no idea of delayed gratification, of being bored to a point where they’re forced to use their imagination, kids throw hissy fits left right and centre now because parents provide them with instant gratification; bored - here’s a phone/tablet to play with. Hungry; here’s a snack I’ve packed for you. Kids can’t handle stress because they’re not used to it. So when the phones/tablets have died, there is no toys and there is no snacks there is an almighty meltdown because stress is unfamiliar. Whereas if parents didn’t pander to their kids every need, they’d teach them the fine art of delayed gratification and kids would be forced to use their imaginations and cope with stress a lot better.
I 100% support Rosie’s decision to not go do Christmas activities, he got enough, no need to go over the top.